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Manchester United's record signing is Paul Pogba, who signed for the club from Juventus for a world record fee of £89.3 million in August 2016. [ 36 ] [ 37 ] The signing of Anthony Martial for £36 million in 2015 set a world record for the transfer of a teenager, [ 38 ] and the £80 million paid for Harry Maguire in 2019 was a world record ...
Players in bold are still active at international level. Players in italics also hold the record for most caps for their nation. Rank is a count of the 211 FIFA nations. Thirteen nations (Azerbaijan, Bermuda, Brunei, Bulgaria, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Faroe Islands, Puerto Rico, Romania, Scotland, South Sudan, United States and U.S. Virgin Islands) have a pair of players tied for national l
Wayne Mark Rooney (born 24 October 1985) is an English professional football manager and former player who is the head coach of EFL Championship club Plymouth Argyle.Widely considered one of the best players of his generation and one of the greatest British players of all time, [3] Rooney is the record goalscorer for Manchester United, and was the record goalscorer for the England national ...
FIFA, the international governing body of football, has never released a list detailing the highest goalscorers and does not keep official records; [8] [9] in 2020, it recognised Bican, an Austrian-Czech dual international who played between the 1930s and the 1950s, [10] as the record scorer with an estimated 805 goals, [11] [12] although CNN ...
Cristiano Ronaldo the all-time top scorer in official football history, with over 900 goals. Most official goals: 916 – Cristiano Ronaldo, 2002– [note 1] Most overall goals: 1917 – Lajos Tichy, 1953–1971 [note 2] Most clubs goals: 781 – Cristiano Ronaldo, 2002– [note 3] Most international goals: 135 – Cristiano Ronaldo, 2004– [1]
Following their league title win the previous season, Manchester United first competed in European football competition in 1956–57. 1954–55 Football League winners Chelsea had been denied the opportunity to take part in the inaugural European Cup by The Football League's chairman Alan Hardaker, who feared that European football would damage the integrity of the English game.
Manchester United 25 2 Thierry Henry: Arsenal 24 3 James Beattie: Southampton 23 4 Mark Viduka: Leeds United 20 5 Michael Owen: Liverpool 19 6 Alan Shearer: Newcastle United 17 7 Nicolas Anelka: Manchester City 15 8 Harry Kewell: Leeds United 14 Robert Pires: Arsenal Paul Scholes: Manchester United Gianfranco Zola: Chelsea
The following season, Manchester United became the first British club to win the FIFA Club World Cup, before becoming the first English club to claim three consecutive league titles twice. In 2010–11, Manchester United won their 19th top division title, passing Liverpool's previous record of 18, before winning a 20th title in 2012–13.